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Richmond Foods Richmond Foods, the ice cream manufacturer with 850 staff, is to be acquired by private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management for £182m. 08-May-2006 Richmond Foods, the ice cream manufacturer, has received a preliminary takeover approach from an unnamed company. 06-Apr-2006 Richmond Foods is considering plans to close its luxury ice cream factory in Bude with the loss of 31 jobs, in order to transfer production to its sites in the north. 20-Jan-2006 Richmond Foods is to invest £14m at its ice cream factory in Wigan over the next three years, with the creation of 60 jobs. 14-Oct-2005 Richmond Foods has confirmed plans to close its ice cream factory in Ivybridge, Devon, this summer with the loss of 140 jobs, in order to transfer production to its three other plants. 14-Jan-2005 Richmond Foods is considering plans to close its ice cream factory in Ivybridge, Devon, next year, with the loss of almost 200 jobs. 24-Sep-2004 Richmond Foods has acquired De Roma Ice Cream of Wigan out of administration for £3.4m. 03-Feb-2004 Richmond Foods is to open two new ice cream production lines at sites in Richmond and Leeds early next year, as part of a three-year £27m capital investment programme. 02-Dec-2003 Richmond Foods is to acquire Oldfields Ice Cream, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of ice cream products for the catering market, for £4m. 03-Oct-2003 Richmond Foods has bought the Ice Creamery soft-serve ice cream business from Dairygold Co-operative Society of Ireland for an initial £0.6m. 28-Jan-2002 Richmond Foods is relocating 30 staff from an administration centre in York to Leeds, where a further 30 staff will be hired. 29-Nov-2001 Richmond Foods has confirmed plans to buy Nestle's UK ice cream business for £5.8m. 12-Sep-2001 Richmond Foods is in discussions to acquire the UK ice cream business of Nestle, which could lead to the loss of up to 230 jobs at a Telford factory and a York office. 17-Aug-2001 Richmond Foods has announced plans to invest more than £4m at its ice cream factory in Leeming Bar, Yorkshire, with the creation of 80 jobs. 09-Jul-2001 Richmond Foods is to close its ice cream factory at Ashford in Kent with the loss of 180 jobs, and production will be transferred to North Yorkshire. 10-May-2001 Richmond Foods has acquired Associated British Foods' ice-cream division for £19m, consolidating its position as the country's largest independent ice-cream manufacturer. 04-Apr-2000 Richmond Foods is investing £2m at its ice cream factory in Leeds, with the creation of 50 jobs. 09-Dec-1999 Treats, the ice-cream and frozen confectionery supplier, is changing its name to Richmond Foods. 13-Aug-1998 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2009